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035			_a(OCoLC)1182574521
092			_a793.732 _bR217
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aRaphel, Adrienne, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThinking inside the box : _badventures with crosswords and the puzzling people who can't live without them / _cAdrienne Raphel.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPenguin Press, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_axviii, 283 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aFUN : Arthur Wynne, Margaret Petherbridge Farrar, and the origins of the puzzle -- The cross word puzzle book and the crossword craze -- How to construct a crossword -- Pleasantville, New York : Will Shortz -- The crossword hyacinth : England and the cryptic crossword -- World War II and the Gray Lady -- The Oreo war : race, gender, and the puzzle -- Krossvords and mots-croisés -- Tournament of champions -- Decoding the crossword -- This is not a crossword -- Crosswords and the media : the crossword in the digital age -- The hardest crossword -- Epilogue: A crossword crossing.
520			_a"The crossword is a feature of the modern world, inspiring daily devotion and obsession from not just everyday citizens looking to pass the time but icons of American life, such as Bill Clinton, Yo-Yo Ma, and Martha Stewart. It was invented in 1913, almost by accident, when a newspaper editor at the New York World was casting around for something to fill some empty column space for that year's Christmas edition. Practically overnight, it became a roaring commercial success, and ever since then has been an essential ingredient of any newspaper worth its salt. Indeed, paradoxically, its popularity has never been greater, even as the world of media and newspapers, its natural habitat, has undergone a perilous digital transformation. But why, exactly, are its satisfactions so sweet that over the decades has it become a fixture of breakfast tables, nightstands, and commutes, and even given rise to competitive crossword tournaments? Blending first-person reporting from the world of crosswords with a delightful telling of its rich literary history, Adrienne Raphel dives into the secrets of this classic pastime. At the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, she rubs shoulders with elite solvers of the world, doing her level best to hold her own; aboard a crossword themed cruise, she picks the brains of the enthusiasts whose idea of a good time is a week on the high seas with nothing but crosswords to do; and, visiting the home and office of Will Shortz, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR's official 'Puzzlemaster,' she goes behind the scenes to see for herself how the world's gold standard of puzzles is made"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aCrossword puzzles _xHistory. _9249545
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